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Biohazard
43.7% of cloud-based malware delivers ransomware

According to a new Netskope report, 43.7% of malware found in enterprises cloud apps have delivered ransomware, and 55.9% of malware-infected files found in cloud apps are …

trojan
Gugi banking Trojan outsmarts Android 6 security

A modification of the Gugi banking Trojan that can bypass Android 6 security features designed to block phishing and ransomware attacks. The modified Trojan forces users into …

Police
Programmer arrested for hacking Linux Kernel Organization

A South Florida-based computer programmer made an appearance in the Southern District of Florida yesterday after being arrested Sunday on charges of hacking into computers …

prison
Hacker Guccifer sentenced to 52 months in prison

Romanian hacker Guccifer, i.e Marcel Lehel Lazar, who unlawfully accessed the private online accounts of at least 100 Americans and caused the public release of this …

match
Mobile device infections rose 96 percent in the first half of 2016

After examining general trends and statistics for malware infections in devices connected through mobile and fixed networks, Nokia found a sharp rise in the occurrence of …

Google Chrome
Google Chrome users targeted by tech support scammers

Google Chrome users, beware: tech support scammers are misusing helpful browser features to impersonate Microsoft and to bombard users users with pop-ups. In the first …

trojan
Ramnit Trojan rides again, targets customers of six major UK banks

The infamous Ramnit Trojan is on the prowl again, and this time it targets personal banking customers of six unnamed UK banks. The Trojan has not changed much since we last …

biohazard
The evolution of BEC scams and ransomware

Trend Micro analyzed the trends in attacks and vulnerabilities seen throughout the first half of this year, and found a rise and impact of attacks, such as a 172 percent …

TeamViewer
Backdoor uses TeamViewer to spy on victims

A backdoor Trojan with spying capabilities that has been previously directed against European and Russian users is now being lobbed at US users, Dr. Web researchers have …

world
New wave of targeted attacks focus on industrial organizations

Kaspersky Lab researchers discovered a new wave of targeted attacks against the industrial and engineering sectors in 30 countries around the world. Dubbed Operation Ghoul, …

danger
The inner workings of the Cerber ransomware campaign

Check Point’s research team has analysed the inner workings of Cerber, the world’s biggest ransomware-as-a-service scheme. Cerber execution flow Cerber is a ransomware …

Industry
The economic impact of security incidents on critical information infrastructures

Cyber security incidents affecting CIIs (Critical Information Infrastructures) are considered nowadays global risks that can have significant negative impact for several …

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